History of Agouti

	Revision 5 . . (edit) October 22, 2001 6:39 pm by (logged).37.81.xxx [Agouti: rodentia or hyracoidea?]
	Revision 4 . . October 17, 2001 3:26 am by Alan Millar [picture]
	Revision 3 . . August 11, 2001 7:22 am by Janet Davis [Wikified]

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Agouti or Aguti is the [West Indian]? name of Dasyprocta aguti, a terrestrial rodent of the size of a rabbit?, common to Trinidad and Guiana?, and classed in the family Caviidae?. Under the same term may be included the other species of Dasyprocta?, of which there are about ten in tropical America.

Agouti or Aguti is the common name of Dasyprocta aguti, a terrestrial rodent of the size of a rabbit?. http://www.wikipedia.com/images/uploads/agouti-thumbnail.jpg Public domain picture from Webster's Dictionary, 1911 [full size image] It is common to Trinidad and Guiana?, and classed in the family Caviidae?. Under the same term may be included the other species of Dasyprocta?, of which there are about ten in tropical America.

Added: 11a20,21

The Mammalia page puts the agouti in Order Hyracoidea?, which contradicts the statement above that they are rodents. Is this just a mistake (here, or there) or could it be that this page was originally scavenged from a 1911 Encyclopedia, and the classification has changed since then?